ORLANDO-The developer plans 1,500 homes and 200,000 sf of commercial, office and retail space at the 948-acre Vista Lakes northeast of Orlando International Airport.

ATLANTA-The locally based REIT plans to sell the dogs in its 111-property, 11.9 million-sf portfolio this year so that it can have a better chance of returning to profitability, CEO Craig Macnab states in the Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

ORLANDO-Liquid Audio Inc. of Redwood City, CA is creating the site for the 105-unit, locally based celebrity-themed restaurant chain which claims to have 27 million customers and a music memorabilia collection valued at $32 million.

ORLANDO-Martin J. Kaplan is CEO of Teon Optical Networks Inc. which designs components that speed up data, voice and video signals. Teon is negotiating a multimillion venture capital deal expected to close shortly with an undisclosed partner.

ORLANDO-Lower cost of capital and lower interest rates will trigger a slight increase in activity this year, but buyers aren't picking up bulk portfolio sales as they did prior to 1999, Ronald J. Rogg tells GlobeSt.com.

ORLANDO-Most of them weren't 'big deals,' but the brokerage's production covered 72,779 sf in six buildings and helped earn commissions for 10 agents. The locally based firm also completed a $1.5 million office building sale and a $600,000 land transaction.

ATLANTA-The 28-year-old California-based development and investment firm is transferring vice president Court Thomas from corporate to head the new division.

ATLANTA-The 29-year-old, locally based insurance broker will operate as a subsidiary of Wachovia Bank which has dual headquarters in Atlanta and Winston-Salem, NC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.